{"id":111020,"date":"2025-03-28T07:00:01","date_gmt":"2025-03-28T14:00:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/devblogs.microsoft.com\/oldnewthing\/?p=111020"},"modified":"2025-09-17T14:49:08","modified_gmt":"2025-09-17T21:49:08","slug":"20250328-01","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/devblogs.microsoft.com\/oldnewthing\/20250328-01\/?p=111020","title":{"rendered":"The 2025\/2026 Seattle Symphony subscription season at a glance"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/devblogs.microsoft.com\/oldnewthing\/20060419-59\/?p=31463\"> For<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/devblogs.microsoft.com\/oldnewthing\/20070223-01\/?p=27883\"> many<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/devblogs.microsoft.com\/oldnewthing\/20080229-01\/?p=23253\"> years<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/devblogs.microsoft.com\/oldnewthing\/20090203-01\/?p=19273\"> I&#8217;ve<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/devblogs.microsoft.com\/oldnewthing\/20100208-01\/?p=15013\"> put<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/devblogs.microsoft.com\/oldnewthing\/20110121-01\/?p=11693\"> together<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/devblogs.microsoft.com\/oldnewthing\/20120126-01\/?p=8443\"> a<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/devblogs.microsoft.com\/oldnewthing\/20130121-01\/?p=5503\"> little<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/devblogs.microsoft.com\/oldnewthing\/20140127-01\/?p=1953\"> pocket<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/devblogs.microsoft.com\/oldnewthing\/20150216-01\/?p=44663\"> guide<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/devblogs.microsoft.com\/oldnewthing\/20160229-01\/?p=93094\"> to<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/devblogs.microsoft.com\/oldnewthing\/20170220-01\/?p=95495\"> the<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/devblogs.microsoft.com\/oldnewthing\/20180223-01\/?p=98095\"> Seattle<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/devblogs.microsoft.com\/oldnewthing\/20190222-01\/?p=101066\"> Symphony<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/devblogs.microsoft.com\/oldnewthing\/20200224-01\/?p=103474\"> subscription<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/devblogs.microsoft.com\/oldnewthing\/20210323-01\/?p=104989\"> season<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/devblogs.microsoft.com\/oldnewthing\/20220325-01\/?p=106386\"> for<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/devblogs.microsoft.com\/oldnewthing\/20230313-01\/?p=107931\"> my<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/devblogs.microsoft.com\/oldnewthing\/20240308-01\/?p=109506\"> symphony<\/a> friends to help them decide which ticket package they want. We stopped going to the symphony as a group years ago, but I still create this pocket guide out of tradition.<\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s the at-a-glance season guide for the 2025\/2026 season still with no comments from me because it&#8217;s not worth trying to rate every piece to help my friends pick one concert. If you&#8217;re my friend and want recommendations, just call. Besides, you can probably preview nearly all of the pieces nowadays (minus the premieres) by searching on YouTube.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/issuu.com\/seattlesymphony\/docs\/2025_2026_season_brochure\"> Official brochure<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/seattlesymphonypress.squarespace.com\/pressreleases\/2025\/3\/27\/the-seattle-symphony-announces-the-20252026-season-with-new-music-director-xian-zhang\"> Press release<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/seattlesymphony.org\/subscribe\"> Subscribe<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>After a three-year vacancy, the position of music director has been filled by Xian Zhang, who will lead the orchestra on Opening Night as well as nine subscription concerts. She has been signed to a five-year contract and will continue to serve as the music director of the New Jersey Symphony, where she is contracted through the 2027-2028 season. Those who want a sneak peek can watch her conduct the Seattle Symphony this weekend in a concert featuring Holst&#8217;s <i>The Planets<\/i>. (I enjoyed one of her guest conducting appearances with the Seattle Symphony a few years ago. I have tickets to this weekend&#8217;s concert, but one of my children really wanted to go, so I gave her my ticket.)<\/p>\n<div id=\"css-20250328-1\" style=\"display: none;\">\u00a0<\/div>\n<table id=\"schedule\" style=\"border: solid 1.5pt currentcolor; border-collapse: collapse;\" border=\"1\" rules=\"all\" cellpadding=\"0\">\n<colgroup style=\"padding-left: 1ex; padding-right: 1ex;\" span=\"2\"><\/colgroup>\n<tbody>\n<tr valign=\"bottom\">\n<th class=\"all\" style=\"padding: 0 1ex;\">Week<\/th>\n<th class=\"all\" style=\"padding: 0 1ex;\">Program<\/th>\n<td style=\"border-right: 1pt solid currentcolor; padding: 0;\" rowspan=\"26\"><!-- avoid WP inserting space --><\/td>\n<th class=\"21\" style=\"padding: 0; font-size: 80%;\">21<\/th>\n<th class=\"13\" style=\"padding: 0; font-size: 80%;\">13<\/th>\n<th class=\"7AB\" style=\"padding: 0; font-size: 80%;\">7A<br \/>\n7B<\/th>\n<th class=\"7CD\" style=\"padding: 0; font-size: 80%;\">7C<br \/>\n7D<\/th>\n<th class=\"7EF\" style=\"padding: 0; font-size: 80%;\">7E<br \/>\n7F<\/th>\n<td style=\"border-right: 1pt solid currentcolor; padding: 0;\" rowspan=\"26\"><!-- avoid WP inserting space --><\/td>\n<th class=\"8G\" style=\"padding: 0; font-size: 80%;\">8G<\/th>\n<th class=\"4A\" style=\"padding: 0; font-size: 80%;\">4A<\/th>\n<th class=\"**\" style=\"padding: 0; font-size: 80%;\">**<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"all **\">\n<td style=\"padding: 0 1ex;\">09\/13<br \/>\n2025<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding: 0 1ex;\" nowrap=\"nowrap\">Jessie Montgomery: <i>Hymn for Everyone<\/i><br \/>\nGrieg: Piano Concerto<br \/>\nVerdi: Overture to <i>La Forza del Destino<\/i><br \/>\nSmetana: <i>\u0160\u00e1rka<\/i> from <i>M\u00e1 vlast<\/i><br \/>\nWagner: Prelude to <i>Die Meistersinger von N\u00fcrnberg<\/i><\/td>\n<td>&nbsp;<\/td>\n<td>&nbsp;<\/td>\n<td>&nbsp;<\/td>\n<td>&nbsp;<\/td>\n<td>&nbsp;<\/td>\n<td>&nbsp;<\/td>\n<td>&nbsp;<\/td>\n<td style=\"background: #FF6600;\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"all 7AB 21\">\n<td style=\"padding: 0 1ex;\">09\/18<br \/>\n2025<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding: 0 1ex;\" nowrap=\"nowrap\">Michael Abels: <i>Delights and Dances<\/i><br \/>\nKod\u00e1ly: <i>Dances of Gal\u00e1nta<\/i><br \/>\nMussorgsky: <i>Pictures at an Exhibition<\/i> (orch. Ravel)<\/td>\n<td style=\"background: #FF6600;\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<td>&nbsp;<\/td>\n<td style=\"background: #FF6600;\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<td>&nbsp;<\/td>\n<td>&nbsp;<\/td>\n<td>&nbsp;<\/td>\n<td>&nbsp;<\/td>\n<td>&nbsp;<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"all 7CD 8G 13 21\">\n<td style=\"padding: 0 1ex;\">10\/02<br \/>\n2025<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding: 0 1ex;\" nowrap=\"nowrap\">Melissa Douglas: <i>Awaken<\/i><br \/>\nRachmaninov: <i>Rhapsody on a Theme by Paganini<\/i><br \/>\nRachmaninov: Symphony #2<\/td>\n<td style=\"background: #FF6600;\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<td style=\"background: #FF6600;\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<td>&nbsp;<\/td>\n<td style=\"background: #FF6600;\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<td>&nbsp;<\/td>\n<td style=\"background: #FF6600;\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<td>&nbsp;<\/td>\n<td>&nbsp;<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"all 7EF 13 21\">\n<td style=\"padding: 0 1ex;\">10\/16<br \/>\n2025<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding: 0 1ex;\" nowrap=\"nowrap\">Handel: Organ Concerto, Op. 7, No. 4<br \/>\nTelemann: <i>Wassermusik<\/i><br \/>\nHasse: Sinfonia in G minor<br \/>\nHandel: <i>Music for the Royal Fireworks<\/i><\/td>\n<td style=\"background: #FF6600;\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<td style=\"background: #FF6600;\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<td>&nbsp;<\/td>\n<td>&nbsp;<\/td>\n<td style=\"background: #FF6600;\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<td>&nbsp;<\/td>\n<td>&nbsp;<\/td>\n<td>&nbsp;<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"all 7AB 21\">\n<td style=\"padding: 0 1ex;\">10\/23<br \/>\n2025<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding: 0 1ex;\" nowrap=\"nowrap\">Gabriella Smith: <i>Lost Coast<\/i><br \/>\nVaughan Williams: <i>A Sea Symphony<\/i><\/td>\n<td style=\"background: #FF6600;\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<td>&nbsp;<\/td>\n<td style=\"background: #FF6600;\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<td>&nbsp;<\/td>\n<td>&nbsp;<\/td>\n<td>&nbsp;<\/td>\n<td>&nbsp;<\/td>\n<td>&nbsp;<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"all 7CD 4A 13 21\">\n<td style=\"padding: 0 1ex;\">11\/06<br \/>\n2025<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding: 0 1ex;\" nowrap=\"nowrap\">Holm\u00e9s: <i>La nuit et l&#8217;amour<\/i><br \/>\nTchaikovsky: Violin Concerto<br \/>\nDvo\u0159\u00e1k: Symphony #8<\/td>\n<td style=\"background: #FF6600;\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<td style=\"background: #FF6600;\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<td>&nbsp;<\/td>\n<td style=\"background: #FF6600;\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<td>&nbsp;<\/td>\n<td>&nbsp;<\/td>\n<td style=\"background: #FF6600;\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<td>&nbsp;<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"all 7EF 8G 13 21\">\n<td style=\"padding: 0 1ex;\">11\/13<br \/>\n2025<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding: 0 1ex;\" nowrap=\"nowrap\">Beethoven: Piano Concerto #3<br \/>\nBrucker: Symphony #4<\/td>\n<td style=\"background: #FF6600;\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<td style=\"background: #FF6600;\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<td>&nbsp;<\/td>\n<td>&nbsp;<\/td>\n<td style=\"background: #FF6600;\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<td style=\"background: #FF6600;\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<td>&nbsp;<\/td>\n<td>&nbsp;<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"all 7AB 21\">\n<td style=\"padding: 0 1ex;\">11\/20<br \/>\n2025<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding: 0 1ex;\" nowrap=\"nowrap\">Copland: <i>Quiet City<\/i><br \/>\nSteven Mackey: <i>Anemology<\/i>: Concerto for Saxophone\u00b9<br \/>\nJohn Adams: <i>Harmonielehre<\/i><\/td>\n<td style=\"background: #FF6600;\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<td>&nbsp;<\/td>\n<td style=\"background: #FF6600;\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<td>&nbsp;<\/td>\n<td>&nbsp;<\/td>\n<td>&nbsp;<\/td>\n<td>&nbsp;<\/td>\n<td>&nbsp;<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"all 7EF 13 21\">\n<td style=\"padding: 0 1ex;\">01\/08<br \/>\n2026<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding: 0 1ex;\" nowrap=\"nowrap\">Barber: Intermezzo from <i>Vanessa<\/i><br \/>\nBernstein: <i>Serenade<\/i> (after Plato&#8217;s <i>Symposium<\/i>)<br \/>\nRachmaninov: Symphony #3<\/td>\n<td style=\"background: #FF6600;\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<td style=\"background: #FF6600;\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<td>&nbsp;<\/td>\n<td>&nbsp;<\/td>\n<td style=\"background: #FF6600;\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<td>&nbsp;<\/td>\n<td>&nbsp;<\/td>\n<td>&nbsp;<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"all **\">\n<td style=\"padding: 0 1ex;\">01\/20<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding: 0 1ex;\" nowrap=\"nowrap\">Seong-Jin Cho piano recital<br \/>\n\u00a0\u00a0works by Bach, Schoenberg, Chopin, Schumann<\/td>\n<td>&nbsp;<\/td>\n<td>&nbsp;<\/td>\n<td>&nbsp;<\/td>\n<td>&nbsp;<\/td>\n<td>&nbsp;<\/td>\n<td>&nbsp;<\/td>\n<td>&nbsp;<\/td>\n<td style=\"background: #FF6600;\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"all 7AB 8G 21\">\n<td style=\"padding: 0 1ex;\">01\/29<br \/>\n2026<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding: 0 1ex;\" nowrap=\"nowrap\">Arnold: <i>Peterloo Overture<\/i><br \/>\nBeethoven: Triple Concerto<br \/>\nBart\u00f3k: Concerto for Orchestra<\/td>\n<td style=\"background: #FF6600;\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<td>&nbsp;<\/td>\n<td style=\"background: #FF6600;\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<td>&nbsp;<\/td>\n<td>&nbsp;<\/td>\n<td style=\"background: #FF6600;\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<td>&nbsp;<\/td>\n<td>&nbsp;<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"all 7CD 8G 13 21\">\n<td style=\"padding: 0 1ex;\">02\/12<br \/>\n2026<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding: 0 1ex;\" nowrap=\"nowrap\">Qigang Chen: <i>Iris D\u00e9voil\u00e9e<\/i> (Iris Unveiled)<br \/>\nShostakovich: Symphony #5<\/td>\n<td style=\"background: #FF6600;\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<td style=\"background: #FF6600;\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<td>&nbsp;<\/td>\n<td style=\"background: #FF6600;\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<td>&nbsp;<\/td>\n<td style=\"background: #FF6600;\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<td>&nbsp;<\/td>\n<td>&nbsp;<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"all 7EF 4A 13 21\">\n<td style=\"padding: 0 1ex;\">02\/19<br \/>\n2026<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding: 0 1ex;\" nowrap=\"nowrap\">Nokuthula Ngwenyama: <i>Primal Message<\/i><br \/>\nSchumann: Cello Concerto<br \/>\nBeethoven: Symphony #4<\/td>\n<td style=\"background: #FF6600;\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<td style=\"background: #FF6600;\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<td>&nbsp;<\/td>\n<td>&nbsp;<\/td>\n<td style=\"background: #FF6600;\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<td>&nbsp;<\/td>\n<td style=\"background: #FF6600;\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<td>&nbsp;<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"all 7AB 21\">\n<td style=\"padding: 0 1ex;\">03\/05<br \/>\n2026<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding: 0 1ex;\" nowrap=\"nowrap\">Bach: Ricercare a 6 (orch. Webern)<br \/>\nBusoni: Violin Concerto<br \/>\nBrahms: Piano Quartet #1 (orch. Schoenberg)<\/td>\n<td style=\"background: #FF6600;\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<td>&nbsp;<\/td>\n<td style=\"background: #FF6600;\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<td>&nbsp;<\/td>\n<td>&nbsp;<\/td>\n<td>&nbsp;<\/td>\n<td>&nbsp;<\/td>\n<td>&nbsp;<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"all 7CD 4A 13 21\">\n<td style=\"padding: 0 1ex;\">03\/12<br \/>\n2026<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding: 0 1ex;\" nowrap=\"nowrap\">Liszt: <i>Les Pr\u00e9ludes<\/i><br \/>\nLiszt: Piano Concerto #1<br \/>\nStrauss: <i>Till Eulenspiegel&#8217;s Merry Pranks<\/i><br \/>\nKod\u00e1ly: <i>H\u00e1ry J\u00e1nos Suite<\/i><\/td>\n<td style=\"background: #FF6600;\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<td style=\"background: #FF6600;\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<td>&nbsp;<\/td>\n<td style=\"background: #FF6600;\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<td>&nbsp;<\/td>\n<td>&nbsp;<\/td>\n<td style=\"background: #FF6600;\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<td>&nbsp;<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"all 7EF 13 21\">\n<td style=\"padding: 0 1ex;\">03\/19<br \/>\n2026<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding: 0 1ex;\" nowrap=\"nowrap\">Ravel: <i>Le Tombeau de Couperin<\/i><br \/>\nPoulenc: Stabat Mater<br \/>\nStravinsky: <i>The Firebird Suite<\/i> (1945)<\/td>\n<td style=\"background: #FF6600;\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<td style=\"background: #FF6600;\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<td>&nbsp;<\/td>\n<td>&nbsp;<\/td>\n<td style=\"background: #FF6600;\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<td>&nbsp;<\/td>\n<td>&nbsp;<\/td>\n<td>&nbsp;<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"all **\">\n<td style=\"padding: 0 1ex;\">03\/20<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding: 0 1ex;\" nowrap=\"nowrap\">Lang Lang piano recital<br \/>\n\u00a0\u00a0works by Beethoven, Mozart, Alb\u00e9niz<\/td>\n<td>&nbsp;<\/td>\n<td>&nbsp;<\/td>\n<td>&nbsp;<\/td>\n<td>&nbsp;<\/td>\n<td>&nbsp;<\/td>\n<td>&nbsp;<\/td>\n<td>&nbsp;<\/td>\n<td style=\"background: #FF6600;\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"all 7AB 21\">\n<td style=\"padding: 0 1ex;\">04\/09<br \/>\n2026<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding: 0 1ex;\" nowrap=\"nowrap\">Joan Tower: Suite from Concerto for Orchestra<br \/>\nChristopher Theofanidis: Double Concerto\u00b9<br \/>\nRachmaninov: <i>Symphonic Dances<\/i><\/td>\n<td style=\"background: #FF6600;\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<td>&nbsp;<\/td>\n<td style=\"background: #FF6600;\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<td>&nbsp;<\/td>\n<td>&nbsp;<\/td>\n<td>&nbsp;<\/td>\n<td>&nbsp;<\/td>\n<td>&nbsp;<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"all 7CD 8G 21\">\n<td style=\"padding: 0 1ex;\">04\/16<br \/>\n2026<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding: 0 1ex;\" nowrap=\"nowrap\">Mendelssohn: <i>The Fair Melusine<\/i><br \/>\nMendelssohn: Three Motets, Op. 39 (arr. McGegan)<br \/>\nMendelssohn: <i>A Midsummer Night&#8217;s Dream<\/i><\/td>\n<td style=\"background: #FF6600;\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<td>&nbsp;<\/td>\n<td>&nbsp;<\/td>\n<td style=\"background: #FF6600;\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<td>&nbsp;<\/td>\n<td style=\"background: #FF6600;\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<td>&nbsp;<\/td>\n<td>&nbsp;<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"all 7EF 13 21\">\n<td style=\"padding: 0 1ex;\">04\/23<br \/>\n2026<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding: 0 1ex;\" nowrap=\"nowrap\">Faur\u00e9: Pavane<br \/>\nSaint-Sa\u00ebns: Piano Concerto #2<br \/>\nFranck: Symphony in D minor<\/td>\n<td style=\"background: #FF6600;\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<td style=\"background: #FF6600;\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<td>&nbsp;<\/td>\n<td>&nbsp;<\/td>\n<td style=\"background: #FF6600;\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<td>&nbsp;<\/td>\n<td>&nbsp;<\/td>\n<td>&nbsp;<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"all 7CD 8G 13 21\">\n<td style=\"padding: 0 1ex;\">04\/30<br \/>\n2026<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding: 0 1ex;\" nowrap=\"nowrap\">Rossini: Overture to <i>The Italian Girl in Algiers<\/i><br \/>\nMozart: Clarinet Concerto<br \/>\nMozart: Symphony #35, &#8220;Haffner&#8221;<br \/>\nMozart: Symphony #39<\/td>\n<td style=\"background: #FF6600;\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<td style=\"background: #FF6600;\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<td>&nbsp;<\/td>\n<td style=\"background: #FF6600;\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<td>&nbsp;<\/td>\n<td style=\"background: #FF6600;\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<td>&nbsp;<\/td>\n<td>&nbsp;<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"all 7AB 8G 4A 21\">\n<td style=\"padding: 0 1ex;\">05\/28<br \/>\n2026<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding: 0 1ex;\" nowrap=\"nowrap\">Gershwin: Piano Concerto in F<br \/>\nGershwin: <i>Porgy and Bess: A Symphonic Picture<\/i><br \/>\nGershwin: <i>An American in Paris<\/i><\/td>\n<td style=\"background: #FF6600;\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<td>&nbsp;<\/td>\n<td style=\"background: #FF6600;\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<td>&nbsp;<\/td>\n<td>&nbsp;<\/td>\n<td style=\"background: #FF6600;\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<td style=\"background: #FF6600;\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<td>&nbsp;<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"all 7EF 13 21\">\n<td style=\"padding: 0 1ex;\">06\/11<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding: 0 1ex;\" nowrap=\"nowrap\">Mahler: Symphony #7<\/td>\n<td style=\"background: #FF6600;\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<td style=\"background: #FF6600;\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<td>&nbsp;<\/td>\n<td>&nbsp;<\/td>\n<td style=\"background: #FF6600;\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<td>&nbsp;<\/td>\n<td>&nbsp;<\/td>\n<td>&nbsp;<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"all 7CD 8G 13 ** 21\">\n<td style=\"padding: 0 1ex;\">06\/18<br \/>\n2026<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding: 0 1ex;\" nowrap=\"nowrap\">Steven Mackey: <i>RIOT<\/i><br \/>\nBeethoven: Symphony #9<\/td>\n<td style=\"background: #FF6600;\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<td style=\"background: #FF6600;\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<td>&nbsp;<\/td>\n<td style=\"background: #FF6600;\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<td>&nbsp;<\/td>\n<td style=\"background: #FF6600;\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<td>&nbsp;<\/td>\n<td style=\"background: #FF6600;\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr valign=\"top\">\n<th class=\"all\" style=\"padding: 0 1ex;\">Week<\/th>\n<th class=\"all\" style=\"padding: 0 1ex;\">Program<\/th>\n<th class=\"21\" style=\"padding: 0; font-size: 80%;\">21<\/th>\n<th class=\"13\" style=\"padding: 0; font-size: 80%;\">13<\/th>\n<th class=\"7AB\" style=\"padding: 0; font-size: 80%;\">7A<br \/>\n7B<\/th>\n<th class=\"7CD\" style=\"padding: 0; font-size: 80%;\">7C<br \/>\n7D<\/th>\n<th class=\"7EF\" style=\"padding: 0; font-size: 80%;\">7E<br \/>\n7F<\/th>\n<th class=\"8G\" style=\"padding: 0; font-size: 80%;\">8G<\/th>\n<th class=\"4A\" style=\"padding: 0; font-size: 80%;\">4A<\/th>\n<th class=\"**\" style=\"padding: 0; font-size: 80%;\">**<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p><script>\nfunction filter(c) {\n var rows = document.getElementById(\"schedule\").getElementsByTagName(\"TR\");\n for (var i = 0; i != rows.length; i++) {\n  var row = rows[i];\n  var className = row.className;\n  if (className != \"\") {\n   if (c == 'all' || className.indexOf(c) != -1) {\n    row.style.display = \"\";\n   } else {\n    row.style.display = \"none\";\n   }\n  }\n }\n}\n(function(){\n var headers = document.getElementById(\"schedule\").getElementsByTagName(\"TH\");\n for (var i = 0; i != headers.length; i++) {\n  (function(attr){\n    headers[i].onclick = function(){filter(attr);};\n  })(headers[i].className);\n }\n})();\n<\/script><\/p>\n<p>\u00b9 Seattle Symphony Co-commission<\/p>\n<p>Insider tip: Click a column header to focus on a specific series. (This feature has been around for several years, actually.)<\/p>\n<p>Legend:<\/p>\n<table class=\"cp3\" style=\"border: solid currentcolor .75pt; border-collapse: collapse;\" rules=\"all\" cellpadding=\"3\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td>21<\/td>\n<td>Masterworks 21-concert series (Choice of Thursdays or Saturdays)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>13<\/td>\n<td>Masterworks 13-concert series (Choice of Thursdays or Saturdays)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>7A<\/td>\n<td>Masterworks 7-concert series A (Thursdays)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>7B<\/td>\n<td>Masterworks 7-concert series B (Saturdays)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>7C<\/td>\n<td>Masterworks 7-concert series C (Thursdays)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>7D<\/td>\n<td>Masterworks 7-concert series D (Saturdays)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>7E<\/td>\n<td>Masterworks 7-concert series E (Thursdays)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>7F<\/td>\n<td>Masterworks 7-concert series F (Saturdays)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>8G<\/td>\n<td>Masterworks 8-concert series G (Sunday afternoons)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>4A<\/td>\n<td>Masterworks 4-concert series A (Friday afternoons)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>**<\/td>\n<td>Various special concerts (individually priced)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>For those not familiar with the Seattle Symphony ticket package line-ups: Most of the ticket packages are named <i>Masterworks nX<\/i> where <i>n<\/i> is the number of concerts in the package, and the letter indicates the variation. Ticket packages have been combined if they are identical save for the day of the week. For example, 7C and 7D are the same concerts; the only difference is that 7C is for Thursday nights, while 7D is for Saturday nights. The exception is the column I marked **, which is just a grab bag of special concerts.<\/p>\n<p>Notes and changes:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The <i>Symphony Untuxed<\/i> series, which had been revived for the 2024\/2025 season, has once again been dropped.<\/li>\n<li>The 7A\/7B, 7C\/7D, and 7E\/7F concert series do not overlap, so you can create your own pseudo-series by taking any two of them, or recreate the 21-concert series by taking all three.<\/li>\n<li>The 13-concert series is the same as the 7C\/7D and 7E\/7F series combined, minus the April 16 concert.<\/li>\n<li><span style=\"text-decoration: line-through;\">The <a href=\"https:\/\/seattlesymphony.org\/concerttickets\/special-offers\/family-connections\"> <i>Family Connections<\/i><\/a> program provides free symphony tickets for up to two children with the purchase of an adult ticket.<\/span> <b>Update<\/b>: The Family Connections program has been replaced with the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.seattlesymphony.org\/concerttickets\/special-offers\/youth-tickets\"> Youth Tickets<\/a> program, which provides $25 tickets to up to two children per concert.<\/li>\n<li>The Seattle Symphony is part of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.seattlesymphony.org\/concerttickets\/special-offers\/teen-tix\"> TeenTix<\/a> program which offers teenagers (ages 13 through 19) $5 day-of-show tickets for selected concerts. TeenTix members can also buy up to two $10 tickets for Sunday concerts for non-teenage friends and family.<\/li>\n<li>Cellist Gabriel Cabezas and composer Steven Mackey are this season&#8217;s Artists in Focus.<\/li>\n<li>Notable other guests include recitals from Andr\u00e1s Schiff, Lang Lang, Seong-Jin Cho, and Conrad Tao, and regular season concerts with H\u00e9l\u00e8ne Grimaud (Gershwin Piano Concerto in F) and Daniil Trifonov (Saint-Sa\u00ebns Piano Concerto #2).<\/li>\n<li>Nicholas McGegan conducts an all-Mendelssohn program, including the incidental music to Shakespeare&#8217;s <i>A Midsummer Night&#8217;s Dream<\/i>, performed with actors.<\/li>\n<li>Over the years, the format of the Seattle Symphony official brochure has gradually gotten closer and closer to the format of this pocket guide. 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